Railroad-car.



0. L. SCHWARTZ.

RAILROAD UAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1909.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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To all it may concern.

Be it known that I, CARL L. Sci-ivvmrz, a

1 citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Louis, in the State of "Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Cars, of which the following is a specification;

-My invention relates particularly to the carryairon and its attachment'to the deadblock of a railroad car.

, Hitherto, in that class of carry-iron which in connected at its ends byh'inge-pins inserted'from the front horizontally through ears or lugs which depend from and for parts of the dead-block it is necessary in order that' the pins may clear the ends of the draft-timbers, to arrange the lugs consider ably below the latter, which not only ren ders the dead-block unnecessarily heavy and cumbersome, but also, by.throwing the attachment of the carry-iron considerably be" low its bearing surface for the draw-bar, the stability of the carry-iron is impaired, and

my invention has for its object to obviate dead-block; Fig. 4, a top plan thereof, and

Fig. 5, a cross section through the carry ironon line 5,5, in Fig. 3.

'Like letters'andnumerals ofreference denote like parts in all the figures.

(1 represents my improved coupler draw- I "bar carry-iron which consists of a straight bar havin its end portionsl preferably rectangular-s aped in cross section and adapt-- ed to fit within correspondingly shaped sup ports 2 formed on the face 3 of the deadblock b by twoop osite brackets 4=jwhich projectforwardly 'rom the face Bat a'suitable distance apart, one on each side of the lon itudinal center of the car. One side, pre erably the top 5 of the carry-iron, a between its end portions '1 has a depressed horizontal surface 5'--adaptedwto"form the initial Specification of Letters Yaten't. Application nie'a se tember 24, 1909. Serial No. 51 ,402;

RhILRoAn-cAR Paten ed Apr. 4, 1911.

bearing for the draw-bar a (which is indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2),while the opposite side'(or bottom) 6 and adjacent upright sides of the carry-iron a are preferably in the same plane with the corresponding sides of the end portions 1, the side (3 being adapted to form a bearing surface for the draw-barc on reversing the carry iron a as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, when the draw-bar is out of its normal level through service, the longitudinal center of the end portions .1 of the carryiron a, when in assembled position, being alined. with the longitudinal center of the sup orts 2.

T rough opposite sides of, preferably the top and bottom, respectively, of the surrounding Wall 7 ing 2 is a perforation or keyway 8, the two perforations being alincd with each other and opening into the support 2, and through one end portion 1 of the carry-iron a, preferably between its top and bottoinsides 5 and 6, is formed a corresponding perforation 9, the other end portion 1 of the carry iron a terminating in a flange 10 which forms a shpulder at the sides 5 and 6 and at initial support 2, when the perforation 9 of the carry'iron will register with the perforations 8 of the said opposite support 2,

in which position of the parts the carryiron a is secured to the dead-block b by a suitable pin '(or key) 11 inserted through the perforations 8 and 9, the carr -iron a, owing to the rectangular shape of its end portions l being non-rotatable at all times.

In the above'construct-ion, by having the longitudinal center of the carry-iron a practically co-incident with its points of attachment to the dead-block b and at the minimum distance below the bearing of the draw-bar c thereon, the rigidity and sta bility of the carry-iron a are increased.

of each support or bear- What I claim as my invention and desire to seenre by Letters Patent 1s I ii. In a railroad car, a carry-iron axlally straight throughout, and corresponding sup ports therefor in a suitable member of the ear, the said carry-iron being adapted to be inserted endwise, and non-rotatable in the said supports, and having a part of its perimeter between. the said supports at a different level. to the normal superficies of, the carry-iron, substantially as described. 4

2. In a railroad car, a polygonal carryiron axially straight throughout, and corresponding supports therefor in asuitable member of'the car, the said carry-iron being dapted to be inserted endwise in the said upports and having one of its sides between the said supports at a different level to its other sides, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. 3. A carrier for car couplings, comprising a. suspension member provided with dependent jaws having inwardly extending supporting lugs, a reversible transverse plate supported by and upon the saidlugs, and having opposite faces of different heights with respect to the portions for engagement with the lugs, and means for securing the said plate against lateral displacement with respect to the said suspension member.

' CARL LQSOHWARTZ. .Vitnesses C. T. \VESTLAKE, EDWARDWV. FURRELL. 

